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The circumstances weren't considered suspicious, authorities said.
An alert went out to area towns around 1 p.m. Aug. 19 after police were contacted by someone concerned for the safety of the distraught Northwest Bergen man, who was in his early 60s.
His body was found a short time later on the New York, Susquehanna and Western rail line behind Franklin Lakes police headquarters and the municipal field.
The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification gathered evidence at the scene. The Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office collected the body. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified.
Kyle Mazza/UNF News took the photos.
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